User blog:Corbus/Castra Praetoria

Three seasons have passed over the land since the Praetorian invasion of Mossflower. The scars left by the Praetorians are beginning to heal and those who survived the war now have returned to their lives. The whole of Mossflower seems to have moved on. Yet word has arrived from the far off land of Praetoria, where the streets are paved in white stone and coin flows through the land, of a war on the horizon.

For in these three seasons many things have happened to this empire. For two seasons they prospered under the rule of Pertinax, the only living commander of the Praetorian forces after the invasion. But the vermin under his rule grew restless, and were spurred on by the words of Severus Septimus, General and Praetorian leader of Southsward, a land now covered in sand and scorched by the blazing sun. These tensions grew until it erupted with the assassination of Pertinax.

Now the land has been thrown into turmoil, the generals of the Praetorian army both claiming a right to the throne, with Severus Septimus to the south rallying legions of vermin to his banner. A call rivaling his own coming from the eastern plains, headed by the Gaulish hare, General Lapin and his legions of woodlanders. In their time of need the Praetorians are calling for a hero, one to end the war before they too are destroyed by it, but who shall answer this call?

Rules
1)All normal site rules apply

2)No invincibility

3) 2-3 characters max, but this is open for debate.

4)No magic, advanced weaponry(That was not present in Rome or Redwall) or wolves(They are not present in this part of the world anyway)

5)No speaking entirely in a different language, if spoken at all a translation should be given.

Character Sheet
Put this on my talk page preferably

Name:

Gender:

Species:

Weapon:

Appearance:

Personality:

History:

Affiliation:(With Severus Septimus, or General Lapin)

Severus Septimus
Gender: Male

Species: Fox

Weapon: Scimitar

Appearance: Wears scale-like plate armour with a light cloth covering the rest of his body to protect it from the heat of the desert. Light Red fur with otherwise average fox markings

Personality: His history should tell you all you need to know

History: Born and raised in the harsh desert he began his career in the army with making new weapons for use by the legion formerly commanded by Claudius. He swiftly rose up the ranks and once Commodus went to Mossflower he took over the position of command in Southsward. He despised Pertinax when he was in power and often spoke out against him to the point it is believed he had to do with the assassination. He has many of his best beasts put towards creating new and powerful technology and war machines. Seeing industry and machines as the future he does all within his power to make these devices possible, even going so far as to enslave woodlanders to work on some of them. Once Pertinax was killed he began bringing others to his cause and is now a major force in the conflict.

General Lapin
Gender: Male

Species: Hare

Weapon: Steel rapier

Appearance: Has snow-white fur with flecks of grey. Normally wears a blue militaristic uniform(Think Basil)

Personality: Loves the simple rural life and this greatly impacts his goals, like many creatures from Gaul he keeps the specifics of his homeland under wraps and rarely speaks of it at all. He apsolutely despises vermin and has only on a couple occasions allowed one into his legion, though for the most part many do not wish to join it. He was also a great friend of Pertinax and uses this as his claim to the throne.

History: From the far off land of Gaul he came to the land along with many other hares and immediately began to take interest in the Praetorian Empire after they helped the Gauls start their lives in the Eastern Plains. After several seasons in the army he began to move up the ranks and gained much political support by locals and easily gained the position of General over the Eastern Plains. Once Pertinax was killed he acted quickly and began to get support for his ascension to the throne.